Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
Toxics Release Inventory
TRI is a database containing data on disposal or other releases of over 650 toxic chemicals from thousands of U.S. facilities and information about how facilities manage those chemicals through recycling, energy recovery, and treatment. One of TRI's primary purposes is to inform communities about toxic chemical releases to the environment.
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EPA is hosting a training webinar, entitled "Showcasing Sustainability in Your TRI Report."
EPA is hosting a Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) training webinar on June 6, 2012 from 2-3 pm (EDT), entitled "Showcasing Sustainability in Your TRI Report." The webinar will focus on the pollution prevention portion of the TRI form, which offers facilities the opportunity to report and describe pollution prevention activities and other environmentally friendly practices related to listed toxic chemicals. Providing this information enables TRI to present a more complete picture of a facility's management of toxic chemicals and helps make TRI a more effective tool for highlighting and promoting pollution prevention successes. To learn more about reporting pollution prevention activities to TRI and about EPA's plans to utilize and promote this information, we invite you to register for the webinar.
EPA Finalizes Rule for TRI Reporting in Indian Country
EPA has finalized a rule that provides tribal governments with the right to directly receive TRI information from facilities located in their Indian country. The rule also clarifies the rights of tribal leaders to take an active role in TRI through petitions to modify the TRI chemical list or through requests to add a facility within their Indian country to the TRI Program. This action is part of EPA's ongoing efforts to improve access to information on toxic chemical releases that may affect the local communities in Indian country.
New Version of TRI-CHIP Available
Version 2.06 of TRI-CHIP (TRI - Chemical Hazard Information Profiles) is now available. TRI-CHIP is a downloadable Microsoft Access database that allows easy access to toxicity information from multiple data sources on chemicals included in the TRI list. Searches can be customized across a single chemical, a set of specific chemicals, or to filter data based on adverse health effects and/or quantitative toxicity values. This tool is updated periodically based upon changes in information available by the various data sources.
TRI-MEweb Application and Reporting Materials Now Available for RY 2011
The RY 2011 versions of TRI-MEweb , the TRI reporting forms and instructions , the TRI chemical list and the Threshold Screening Tool are now available for facilities to begin reporting for RY 2011. The deadline to submit TRI forms for RY 2011 is midnight on July 1, 2012. Please note that the 16 new chemicals added to the TRI list in 2010 are eligible for 2011 reporting. As a reminder to facilities submitting paper forms, these can now be completed online prior to printing.
2010 TRI National Analysis Now Available
The National Analysis, the annual report that displays EPA's analysis and interpretation of the most recent TRI data, is now available in English and Spanish. The National Analysis documents and webpages outline national and local trends in toxic chemical disposal or other releases to the environment.